§ 113. Mr. G. M. Thomsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which local education authorities have agreed to release pupils from attending school in order to do Christmas work in the Post Office; and how many exemptions are being sought in each case.
§ Mr. MaclayI am circulating below a list of the education authorities which have agreed to release pupils from school for Christmas postal work and the number of pupils whose release has been asked for.
EDUCATION AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RELEASE PUPILS AND HAVE AGREED TO DO SO Counties Number of pupils whose services are required Angus … … … 2 Ayr … … … 8 Clackmannan … … … 17 Inverness … … … 43 Lanark … … … 12 Selkirk … … … 20 Stirling … … … 30 Wigtown … … … 1 TOTAL … … … 133
EDUCATION AUTHORITIES WHICH HAVE AGREED TO RELEASE PUPILS BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ASKED TO DO SO Counties Aberdeen Kincardine Argyll Kirkcudbright Banff Orkney Berwick Peebles Bute Renfrew Caithness Ross and Cromarty Dumfries Roxburgh Dunbarton Zetland East Lothian Burghs Aberdeen Edinburgh Dundee Glasgow